How To Install GraphicsMagick-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install GraphicsMagick-devel on CentOS 7. GraphicsMagick-devel is Libraries and header files for GraphicsMagick app development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install GraphicsMagick-devel on CentOS 7.

What is GraphicsMagick-devel

GraphicsMagick-devel contains the Libraries and header files you’ll need to develop GraphicsMagick applications. GraphicsMagick is an image manipulation program. If you want to create applications that will use GraphicsMagick code or APIs, you need to install GraphicsMagick-devel as well as GraphicsMagick. You do not need to install it if you just want to use GraphicsMagick, however.

We can use yum or dnf to install GraphicsMagick-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install GraphicsMagick-devel.

Install GraphicsMagick-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install GraphicsMagick-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install GraphicsMagick-devel

Install GraphicsMagick-devel on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install GraphicsMagick-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install GraphicsMagick-devel

How To Uninstall GraphicsMagick-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the GraphicsMagick-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove GraphicsMagick-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install GraphicsMagick-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.